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Surur t1_j1whgq5 wrote

> Once the majority of cars driven on the road are self driven, we can start crafting flying cars piloted only by artificial intelligence. We wouldn’t really have to worry about people crashing as the AI would be the only ones controlling them and as they improve, the probability of an accident drops significantly.

I agree with you and had the same thought earlier today. The main issue is human reliability, and if we can have AI control we can trust that will no longer be an issue.

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DandyGalaxy t1_j1wk1nv wrote

I don’t believe this answer leaves room for a plethora of problems. There are always chances for mechanical failures, glitches or bugs in the software, and many other outside forces. The big problem with flying cars is that IF something goes wrong it’s so much more dangerous than if a car has a similar issue that it’s not really worth it to society to develop. You’re better off with a personal jet pack. And even then, IF something goes wrong, oof.

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Surur t1_j1wmws0 wrote

I believe reliability issues can be addressed with technology, redundancy and sensors, and a good AI overseeing all of that.

Again, it depends how much we trust the process, and as OP notes, of SDC are fully established and reliable, there will come a point where we trust AI to fly also.

As an illustration, we trust pilots to fly helicopters above our heads all the time, and we know how dangerous those are.

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